•Get to know your administrators, school board members and superinten- dent. Adjust your communication to fit their learning style.
•Decision makers are big-picture, stra- tegic thinkers.
•There are always new groups of parents to educate about the coalition– educating and informing never ends. Work through your PTAs, booster groups, Facebook and community music ensembles.
•Help decision makers justify the deci- sion you and they want to make by providing the data necessary for them to support their decision.
•Keep that first annual report really MUSIC at the University of St. Thomas DEGREE PROGRAMS
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simple and positive–there are no ex- pectations at this point.
•It’s not a lot of work to gather data, write the report and review the report. It takes only a few weeks; this happens in the spring for us. For each individ- ual teacher, getting the data isn’t that time consuming.
•Always thank people for their time!
Resources: Benham, John. Music Advocacy: Moving From Survival to Vi sion. 2010, Rowman and Littlefield Publications
SVSDMusicCoalition.org SVSD Music Coalition on Facebook
Matt Wenman graduated in 2008 from the University of Washington with a BM in Music Education. He is in the 133rd Army Band out of Camp Murray, WA, where he plays saxophone and clarinet, and leads the jazz band. From 2008 to 2012 he taught band and choir at Twin Falls Middle School in the Snoqualmie Valley School District. He is currently on an educational leave pursuing his MM in Conducting at Central Washington Uni- versity with an assistantship in jazz and conducting.
Carol Reitz graduated from the Uni- versity of Wisconsin–Eau Claire with a Bachelor of Music degree, majoring in Music Therapy. She has a master’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance. Her last job was as a management consultant and training specialist with Weyerhauser. She currently is the Band Booster president for Mount Si HS Bands.
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